Coendou bicolor (Tschudi, 1844) . Fauna Peruana, p. 186.

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Junfn Dept., between Tulumayo and Chanchamayo Rivers .

DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia, Peru, Andean and W Ecuador, N Colombia, perhaps SW Colombia. Lives up to 2,500 m elevation.

SYNONYMS: quichua, richardsoni, sanctamartae, simonsi .

COMMENTS: May include rothschildi (Hall, 1981:854); Corbet and Hill (1991:200) listed rothschildi as a subspecies of bicolor (see comment under rothschildi). Emmons and Feer (1990: 198) considered C. quichua Thomas, 1899, of the Andes of Ecuador to be a distinct species based on its smaller size and shorter tail.